Tenant never moved in,but paid upfront....

cheekychappy

Do you have forwarding addresses on the Prescribed Information you issued, as I do on mine?

karlosmaximos

Update-i spoke to solicitors today who have advised the following:
Issue section 21,then go to court for repossession,they want £725 to take it to court including fees!is it something i can do myself.??

They also said not to enter the property and once the court gives the go ahead for the repossession then to get the baliffs in.

Still trying to find him but its like finding a needle in a haystack.

On another note re the water board,I did try and contact him but no answer and i wasnt going to let my house get flooded.

SeduLOUs

I don't get it. OP suggesting it doesn't appear tenant has lived there, and yet has left all of his furniture behind and still having his post delivered there... Very odd indeed.

fishpond

karlosmaximos wrote: »

Update-i spoke to solicitors today who have advised the following:
Issue section 21,then go to court for repossession,they want £725 to take it to court including fees!is it something i can do myself.??

They also said not to enter the property and once the court gives the go ahead for the repossession then to get the baliffs in.

Still trying to find him but its like finding a needle in a haystack.

On another note re the water board,I did try and contact him but no answer and i wasnt going to let my house get flooded.

+ Vat (normally I would have suggested high court sheriffs but as there is seemingly no one to evict, bailiffs will do)
If you need help with S21 ask.
Welcome to being a LL!:beer:
Note:- If you ever find out about the ghost tenant, please let us know.(most unusual)

jjlandlord

I have a feeling the solicitor's easy suggestion has a good fee to amount of work ratio...

Pixie5740

karlosmaximos wrote: »

Update-i spoke to solicitors today who have advised the following:
Issue section 21,then go to court for repossession,they want £725 to take it to court including fees!is it something i can do myself.??

They also said not to enter the property and once the court gives the go ahead for the repossession then to get the baliffs in.

Still trying to find him but its like finding a needle in a haystack.

On another note re the water board,I did try and contact him but no answer and i wasnt going to let my house get flooded.

I think you can pass the cost of going to court on to the tenant....if you can find him. There are finder services you can use like Finder Monkey if you think it's worth it.

jjlandlord

Pixie5740 wrote: »

I think you can pass the cost of going to court on to the tenant....if you can find him.

I suspect that the solicitor's bargain quote is just for the accelerated procedure so the cost award will be capped at court fee + not much for legal cost and as such, even if recovered from tenant, will not even cover the expense.

G_M

OP clearly will need help with this to get it right, but £700+ from a solicitor to do something that most LLs could do themselves is hard to recommend.....

karlosmaximos

i'm going to speak to the court tomorrow and ask there advice

Guest101

I think your being abit too cautious.

You were told all this before u spoke to solicitors ( ok u wanted confirmatio, fair enough ), why spend more now than u have to?

A section 21 costs a stamp, a piece of paper and a bit of ink. A solicitor will cost £80 to do that.

You can recoup reasonable costs, but it's unlikely this kind of work woul be seen as reasonable. So even if you found the tenant some of the costs wouldn't be admissible.

Also more the courts can only advise on procedure and not any actual advice. There is no standard s21, which is what you need to do now.